Bathing suit



W. DANIEL BATHING SUIT April 3, 1934.

Filed Dec. 14, 1952v Patented Apr. 3, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEBATHING SUIT N. Y., assignor to Brooklyn, N. Y., a

corporation of New York Application December 1 4, 1932, Serial No.647,093

3 Claims. (Cl. 2-67) My invention relates to a new and improved bathingsuit.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a bathing suit havingshoulder strap portions which are suitably reinforced, saidreinforcement extending preferably only around parts of said shoulderstrap portions, so. as to leave said shoulder strap portions with thenecessary resilience.

Another object of my invention is to provide an improved method ofaffixing tape or other reinforcing material to predetermined parts ofsaid shoulder strap portions.

Other objects of my invention will be set forth in the followingdescription and drawing which illustrates a preferred embodimentthereof, it being understood that the above general statement of theobjects of my invention is intended merely to generally explain the sameand not to limit it in any manner.

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of a bathing suit.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 illustrates the first operation in the manufacture of thereinforced portion of the garment.

Fi 5 ation.

The bathing suit can be made in any suitable manner and it is providedwith shoulder straps of any suitable type, the are reinforced by meansof which are preferably non-stretchable. wish to exclude the use ofbias-cut tape for the strips 2, but said strips 2 have little or nostretch as compared with the stretchable knitted material of the bathingsuit 1.

The tops of the reinforcing strips 2 are indicated at A. The upper partsof the shoulder straps are free from said reinforcement, so that saidupper parts retain their stretchability and resilience.

Referring to Fig. 4, the reinforcing strip 2 is first sewed to thematerial of the garment 1, by means of a longitudinal row of ordinarytransverse stitches 4.

Referring to is now turned along the line 6, so that the reinforcingstrip 2 is now located between inner and outer layers of the knittedmaterial of the bathing suit 1. The two layers are connected to eachother and to the intermediate reinforcing strip 2, by means of atwo-needle or covering stitch which comprises longitudinal stitchelements "I and transverse stitch elements 8.

As shown in Fig. 1, the covering stitches extend completely around theshoulder straps so that they surround the arm-pit portions of thegarment and they also surround the central or neckillustrates thecompletion of the oper- Fig. 5, the edge of the material opening of thegarment. The shoulder straps 10 are thus suitably reinforced so thatwhile they have the necessary stretch or resilience, the garment doesnot readily lose its shape.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing fromits spirit.

I claim:

1. A bathing suit having an edge portion, the material of said bathingsuit being turned at said edge portion so as to present a plurality oflayers, a strip of reinforcing material located between said layers,said layers and the intermediate strip of reinforcing material beingconnected to each other by means of longitudinal transverse stitcheswhich are invisible at the front of the garment and also by a coveringstitch comprising longitudinal stitch elements and transverse stitchelements, said longitudinal stitch elements of the covering stitch beingvisible at the exterior of the garment and the transverse stitchelements being invisible at the exterior of the garment.

2. A bathing suit having shoulder straps made of resilient material, theupper ends of said shoulder straps being stretchable and resilient, saidshoulder straps having inturned edges so as to provide a plurality oflayers of material, the lower portions of said shoulder straps havingreinforcing strips intermediate said layers of material, the inturnededges being connected to said reinforcing strips by longitudinaltransverse stitches which are invisible at the front of the garment,said inturned edges being also connected to said strips and to thefronts of said straps by a covering stitch which comprises longitudinalstitch elements which are visible at the front of the garment, andtransverse stitch elements which are invisible at said front.

3. A bathing suit having shoulder straps made of resilient material, theupper ends of said shoulder straps being stretchable and resilient, saidshoulder straps having inturned edges so as to provide a plurality oflayers of material, the lower portions of said shoulder straps havingreinforcing strips intermediate said layers of material, said layers ofmaterial being connected to each other and to the intermediate strip ofreinforcing material, by means of a covering stitch having longitudinalstitch elements and transverse stitch elements, said longitudinal stitchelements being visible at the exterior of the garment and saidtransverse stitch elements being invisible at the exterior of thegarment, said strips being connected to said straps by additionallongitudinal transverse stitches which are invisible at the front of thegarment.

WILLIAM DANIEL.

